American theologian, New Testament scholar and writer (1942–2015)
Marcus Borg
Borg speaking in Mansfield College chapel
Born
Marcus Joel Borg
(1942-03-11)March 11, 1942
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, US
Died
January 21, 2015(2015-01-21) (aged 72)
Powell Butte, Oregon, US
Spouse
Marianne Wells Borg
Academic background
Alma mater
Concordia College
Mansfield College, Oxford
Thesis
Conflict as a Context for Interpreting the Teaching of Jesus[1] (1972)
Doctoral advisor
G. B. Caird[2]
Influences
W. D. Davies
Academic work
Discipline
Biblical studies
religious studies
theology
Sub-discipline
New Testament studies
School or tradition
Anglicanism
Jesus Seminar
theological liberalism
Institutions
Oregon State University
Marcus Joel Borg[3] (March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015) was an American New Testament scholar and theologian.[4] He was among the most widely known and influential voices in Liberal Christianity. Borg was a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a major figure in historical Jesus scholarship.[5] He retired as Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University in 2007. He died eight years later at the age of 72, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Powell Butte, Oregon.[6][7][8]
^Borg, Marcus J. (1972). Conflict as a Context for Interpreting the Teaching of Jesus (DPhil dissertation). Oxford: University of Oxford. OCLC 43405002.
^Alker, Adrian (February 6, 2015). "Professor Marcus Borg". Church Times. London: Hymns Ancient and Modern. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^Ruby, Mary, ed. (2012). "Marcus J. Borg". Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Vol. 237. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-4144-8172-2. ISSN 0275-7176.
^Haught, Nancy: "Belief and meaning: His faith in Jesus doesn't deter Marcus Borg from asking difficult questions about divinity", The Oregonian, 24 March 2007.
^Marcus Borg. Explore Faith. Accessed January 21, 2008.
^"Marcus Borg, leading liberal theologian and historical Jesus expert, dies at 72". Religion News Service. January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
^"HarperOne Mourns the Passing of Beloved Bestselling Author Marcus Borg". January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
^Marcus Borg, Liberal Scholar on Historical Jesus, Dies at 72 - The New York Times Retrieved 2018-11-25.
Marcus Joel Borg (March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015) was an American New Testament scholar and theologian. He was among the most widely known and influential...
Hasid. MarcusBorg views Jesus as a charismatic "man of the spirit", a mystic or visionary who acts as a conduit for the "Spirit of God". Borg sees this...
serve these explanations. However, some modern critical scholars like MarcusBorg and John Dominic Crossan state that both genealogies are inventions,...
Magi". TIME. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2024-01-07. MarcusBorg, 'The Meaning of the Birth Stories' in MarcusBorg, N T Wright, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions...
ISBN 978-0-14-102446-2. Sanders 1995, pp. 85–88. MarcusBorg, 'The Meaning of the Birth Stories' in MarcusBorg, N T Wright, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions...
people who attended the event is a source of debate among historians: MarcusBorg, Tan Kim Huat, Brent Kinman and Paula Fredriksen argue that Jesus's entry...
Conflict, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, November 1999, ISBN 978-1563382895 Marcus J. BorgMarcus J. Borg and N. T. Wright, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions, HarperOne;...
American theologian noted for his incorporation of Death of God theology. MarcusBorg (1942–2015): American New Testament scholar, theologian, and leader in...
work on biblical exegesis and theology, exemplified by figures such as MarcusBorg, John Dominic Crossan, John Shelby Spong, Karen Armstrong and Scotty...
30, 2023. Jewish Encyclopedia, SIN Borg, Marcus (October 29, 2013). "The Real Meanings of the Cross". MarcusBorg. Retrieved May 30, 2023. McGrath, Religion...
and judges them not historical on pp. 85–88. MarcusBorg, 'The Meaning of the Birth Stories' in MarcusBorg, N T Wright, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions...
see the Luke and Matthew nativity stories as historically factual; MarcusBorg in Borg & Wright 2009, p. 179 states "I (and most mainline scholars) do not...
Jesus to Tibet, Kashmir or rest of India contain "nothing of value". MarcusBorg states that the suggestions that an adult Jesus traveled to Egypt or...
killed him, and the resurrection as a triumph over these powers. As MarcusBorg writes, for [the Christus Victor] view, the domination system, understood...
Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), ATONEMENT Borg, Marcus (2013-10-29). "The Real Meanings of the Cross". MarcusBorg. Retrieved 2023-05-20. McGrath, Religion...
were brothers by the same mother.") Some modern critical scholars like MarcusBorg and John Dominic Crossan claim both genealogies as inventions, to bring...
Matthew, (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002) page 27; MarcusBorg, 'The Meaning of the birth stories', in Borg and Wright, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (HarperOne...
historical image made Strauss an important figure in the field of theology. MarcusBorg has suggested that "the details of Strauss's argument, his use of Hegelian...
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Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity MarcusBorg (1942–2015), American New Testament scholar and theologian, prominent...
a concept within Christian theology, as has liberal biblical scholar MarcusBorg and mystical theologian Matthew Fox, an Episcopal priest. Pandeism or...
Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1991), 227–60. MarcusBorg, "A Temperate Case for a Non-eschatological Jesus," Forum, 2 (1986),...
travels of Jesus to Tibet, Kashmir or India contain "nothing of value". MarcusBorg states "Scholars have pointed out that Buddhist teachers lived in Alexandria...
research. Representative of many is the position of E. P. Sanders and MarcusBorg, who have concluded that it is possible to recover a fairly reliable...
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